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Complete this form to apply for a Quantitative Methods Teaching Preparation Extension. See pg 13 of your the LISS Handbook (https://goo.gl/xwF8ia) for guidance on what expenses are allowable - contact liss-dtp@kcl.ac.uk  before submitting the form if you are unsure.  Please read the +more info guidance for each field below.

Extensions are additional periods of funded time that are added to your studentship, extending your award end date but not your final submission deadline.  They recognise the fact that if you are undertaking activities such as an overseas institutional visits, difficult language training or an internship you will have less time during these periods to undertake your doctoral work.

Quantitative Methods Teaching Preparation: It is an ESRC priority to help raise the quantitative skills of UK social science undergraduates and a need has been demonstrated to enthuse and train undergraduates in the use of quantitative methods.  A key part of this will be to develop and train academic staff to design and deliver innovative quantitative methods training across the undergraduate curriculum.  Providing doctoral students who are engaging with quantitative methods the opportunity to think, develop and deliver short training ‘courses’ around their particular interests will help build capacity in quantitative methods training and increase the employability of doctoral students if they enter the academic job market.  For example, students may prepare their work into a publicly available training dataset with associated lab-based exercises.  This would be particularly important in disciplines and subjects outside of economics and psychology where there is less availability of appropriately trained staff and good teaching examples and datasets.

To apply for this 3 month extension, students must be specialising in the application of advanced quantitative methods for their doctoral research and they must have completed the data analysis and/or data collection that is to form the basis of their proposal for the quantitative methods to extend their award.

Extension applications will be reviewed on the first working Monday of January, April, July and October each year. Decisions may take up to 2 weeks to announce, depending on volume of applications. Applications must be approved at least 3 months BEFORE the start date.

Specify the Department or other Academic Unit (Institute, etc) where you are registered as a student

Enter the date your PhD studies commenced, or, for 1+3 students applying for an extension to occur after you complete your masters year, the date your PhD studies will commence. Note this is not necessarily the date your PhD studentship commenced if you were awarded funding after you began your studies. 

Dates need to be in the format 'DD/MM/YYYY', for example 27/03/1980.

Please make sure the date is between 01/10/2017 and 01/10/2021.

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Enter the date your stipend is currently projected to end. For full time +3 students starting Oct. 1, 2017, this will be Sept. 30, 2020, but of course this will vary if your initial award was for a different duration, if you are studying part-time, if you have interrupted your studies, or if you have already received another stipend extension under a different scheme. Consult with LISS DTP admin staff to confirm the exact date if you are uncertain.

Dates need to be in the format 'DD/MM/YYYY', for example 27/03/1980.

The date should be on or after 30/09/2019.

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Indicate your current target submission date. This must be within 48 months of the start date of your PhD for full time students. This date should be the same date confirmed by your supervisor in their support statement. NB: the extension extends your studentship, NOT your submission date.

Dates need to be in the format 'DD/MM/YYYY', for example 27/03/1980.

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Name the supervisor who is supporting your application - does not need to be the official 'primary' supervisor, but they must be named as a supervisor in our files. Format: FirstName LastName, e.g. Linnaea Stockall

Please write a statement in support of your Quantitative Methods Teaching Preparation Extension application, describing how this training is relevant to your research and will be beneficial to the completion of your funded research studies.
Please note that students must be specialising in the application of advanced quantitative methods for their doctoral research and they must have completed the data analysis and/or data collection that is to form the basis of their proposal for the quantitative methods to extend their award.

Max 1000 words

If there are any costs associated with your quantitative methods teaching preparation e.g. teaching materials or courses you would like to attend, please specify them here.

Provide links to hosted files (eg. in a dropbox folder or similar) containing evidence of expected costs such as screen grabs/emails showing fare quotes, etc. Example:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4opd7e4rp2bdp3/quotes%20LON-NYC%20March%209%202018%20kayak.jpeg?dl=0

Make sure the file sharing settings allow anyone with the link to view and download the link.

Ask the supervisor you named above to write a statement of support for your application. Paste the text in this field.

To the Supervisor: Please comment on the appropriateness and timeliness of the Quantitative Methods Teaching Preparation​ extension, whether the extension is necessary, and suitable/appropriate, and that the time allotted to the extension will not prevent the student from completing their thesis on time.
[max 500 words]

You should also forward the email from your supervisor containing the text you paste here to liss-dtp@kcl.ac.uk (include: Quantitative Methods Teaching Preparation​ Extension support statement in the subject field) for confirmation.

You must provide documentation confirming you have a place on a course, or have confirmed arrangements with a private tutor.

You should also forward the email from your host containing the text you paste here to liss-dtp@kcl.ac.uk (include: Quantitative Methods Teaching Preparation support statement in the subject field) for confirmation. 

Obtain a short, but clear and specific statement of support from your Department, School or Institute's Director of Graduate Studies or equivalent (the title varies widely, but this is the person in your academic unit responsible for oversight of all PGR students - they'll usually be the person who leads your PhD induction, signs off on your annual progression reports, etc). If your supervisor is also your departmental DGS, please contact LISS DTP (liss-dtp@kcl.ac.uk) BEFORE submitting your application for guidance.

As with the other support statements, paste the text above, and forward the email from your DGS to liss-dtp@kcl.ac.uk. The statement should make it clear the DGS is aware of the dates you will be involved with teaching preparation and how this will affect your plans to submit on time.